The Assam government has started issuing birth certificates and Aadhaar cards simultaneously to newborns at all its medical colleges.

“In Assam, we have begun a new process of issuing birth certificates and Aadhaar cards to newborns at our medical colleges on the occasion of 78th #IndependenceDay," Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on X on Friday.

Sarma said the step will ensure hassle-free birth and Aadhaar registration "at our medical colleges and is one of the decisions of our recently held DC Conference".

The birth registration and Aadhar enrollment centres have been established in all the 12 medical colleges in the state and were inaugurated on August 15.

On July 31, Sarma had said that his government would soon launch a pilot project to simultaneously issue Aadhaar cards and birth certificates to newborns in the state’s medical colleges within days of their births.

The project will be gradually extended to district hospitals to ensure children receive both birth certificates and Aadhaar soon after their birth instead of having to queue for these documents later in life.

“Since 2021, when people blessed us to serve them, we've been consistently working in the direction of reform, perform and transform. We have initiated several first in the state...,” the chief minister said in another post.